No for my foundation. We have approved care centers around the country (Mayo Clinic is one) and we maintain a list of them on our website. I want to expand it, and the metric I want to use to expand the network is the % of the country that lives within (say) 100 miles of a center. A tool like this will help me measure progress and select recruiting targets.

OK, I caved... I thought, what could possibly go wrong, amirite? So, I put the wings into my instant pot (I know, they were supposedly cooked, but why not) on a trivet. I put in about a cup of water and pressure cooked it for 30 minutes. When it was done, I chopped up an onion, some carrots, and a stalk of celery. About 2 cloves of crushed garlic and I added some red wine to a saute' pan. I added the liquid from the instant pot, and added the wings. I simmered it for about 4 hours, letting it get good and savory. Afterward, I made a roux and after straining and de-greasing the mixture, I slowly added it to the sauce' pot. It definitely needed some additional seasoning so I added salt and pepper. The result? Passable, and definitely very, very, smoky. By far not the best gravy I've ever made, but it'll sit in the freezer for the next time I make a turkey breast. I also got some uncooked wings for the next time I need gravy.

Nope. That's masculine.

It's fun to say the Republicans don't always seem like they care about the purse strings, but at least there's a non-zero chance that they might.

@Aqua-Letifer said in "Please stop reading, there's a child in the boardroom.": It's just you make so many terrible points all at once. Something to be admired, no?

Clary was the French guy.

We really need that old badum tss emoji.

Sorry to be late to the party - but happy for you. Congratulations!

@jon-nyc said in New job: @Horace said in New job: She learned today that her duties include opening the school at 7:20, to allow the teachers in at 7:30, and closing the school at 5:30, to lock up after the last teachers and students leave. I imagine this will often turn into 6:00 or later. I think this job is a no-go. Over 10 hours a day in the office, Monday through Friday, is nonsense for 48k/year. Though in fairness it's probably ~180 days/yr I don't think so. At best the hours would relax a little when school was not in session.

I’ll update my old saw - It doesn’t matter how stupid something is, there’s someone somewhere who will say it, and also someone who will print it as if it has some significance.

@Jolly said in GPA no longer important to employers, and grade inflation: @Doctor-Phibes said in GPA no longer important to employers, and grade inflation: I’ve never looked at a GPA when hiring somebody in my life I did. Transcripts, too. Different line of work. For mine, even a degree is pretty much worthless. But that's not to say there are no requirements. The bar's different, but it's high and only getting higher.

@Mik said in The vaccine...: WTF would be great about THAT?! As I said, I have my reservations. The beauty of fentanyl is 1) its potency (more potent means fewer side effects such as nausea, etc), 2) short duration of action (45 minutes to an hour). There are many times, hundreds of them where I gave fentanyl for a quick analgesic effect when other opiats would have taken longer to work and lingered into the postop period. There's really nothing like it (well, there's a few, but they have their own sets of issues) and it was my go-to opiate for intraop analgesia. If my patient is "vaccinated" against fentanyl, I'm hamstrung, and I have to use drugs with a whole new set of restrictions and side effects. My hope is for opiates that target specific receptors. I probably mentioned this years ago, but hope springs eternal.

The pandemic was just one in a long line of government panic and overreach. The reaction to 9/11 comes to mind, the manhunt for the Boston marathon bombers is another case. I'm sure this time the lesson has been learned. Oh, and let's not forget the doofusses taking selfies in Ms. Pelosi's office.

@Horace said in Stewart on anti-semitism and how to deal with it: @George-K said in Stewart on anti-semitism and how to deal with it: It's so hard to keep track. Was his clown nose on or was it off during that interview? He makes clown nose off points, with a clown nose on. You can't disentangle them. He should run for President

The Plieades. Wow.

@George-K said in From Dobbs to Same-Sex Marriage: @Axtremus said in From Dobbs to Same-Sex Marriage: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/16/us-mormon-church-gay-marriage-senate-bill The Mormon Church supports the Senate's same-sex marriage bill. It wasn't all that long ago that they supported polygamy, so, there's that. Which is probably why they support the bill… They want to slide down that slippery slope…

"With a pillow...."